The four DNA fragments (A, B, C and D) encompassing the full–length HIV–1 genome were first amplified ... from plasma–derived HIV–1 RNA and proviral DNA–derived LTRs were tested for ...

Such virally encoded RdRps copy the (+)-stranded genome, via an intermediate (-)-strand, for subsequent encapsidation into infectious virions. Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a (+)-strand RNA virus ...

What about viruses? Would you consider them living or nonliving? Let’s look closely at the life cycle of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – the virus that causes AIDS – to find out. This ...

HIV-1, like other viruses ... Another important discovery was an intricate RNA structure near the critical "frameshift site" in the viral genome. This frameshift site is essential for the virus ...

The authors explain that the CRISPR-Cas genome editing tool provides ... managing to completely inactivate HIV with a single guide RNA and cut out the viral DNA with two guide RNAs.

such as HIV, encode additional trans-regulating factors or contain cis-regulating elements, thereby influencing the type and amount of transcribed RNA. The whole viral genome is transcribed and ...

Finally, their RNA genome is reverse transcribed ... Similar to the evolutionarily related HIV-1, copia likely enters the nucleus as intact particles by traveling through nuclear pores.